Grapple.



No. 885,442. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

' E. D. GOOGAN.

GRAPPLE.

APPLIGATION FILED 001224. 1907.

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Witnesses it) hTATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. QQOGAN, OF OAULKSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

GRAPPLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. 0ctober24, 1907. Serial No. 399,013.

To all whom it me 1; concern:

Be it known that l, Enwertodl CoocAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Caulksville, in the county of Logan, State of Arkansas, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements in Grapples; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact dcscriptionof the invention, suchtas will'enable others skilleddn the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention has referenceto grapples and it aims to provide an exceeding y'simple, inexpensive and durableimp'lement of that nature ada ted especially for use iii-removing rubbish of various sorts from the bottom of a well.

More particularly, however, the invention resides in the provision of a split sleeve formed of s ring metal, each section of the sleeve inclu ing a depending arm having its lower ends bent slightly outwards, so that when said ends are brought into contact with the body in the well, the arms will move away from each other and pass on opposite sides of thebody, thus serving as clamps.

The invention further resides in the formation upon each of said arms of an inwardly andupwardly inclined barb which is located slightly above the bent end of the arm, said barbs acting as supports for the body engaged by thearms.

The invention will be readily understood from a consideration of the following detailed description. and its. preferred embodiment, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like .parts are designated by corresponding reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawings :-Figure 1 is a front elevation of the grapple. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the chop ping sleeve.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 indicates the pole of the implement whose lower end is pointed as indicated by the numeral 6, the ole being formed of iron or other metal and aving an eye bolt at its upper end to which arope is secured.

The ole is provided towards its pointed end wit a sleeve 7 formed of spring metal, the sleeve shownin the present instance consistin of a pair of'oppositely dis osed semioylindrical sections 8 each of w iich is provided with a depending arm 9 whose free end 10 is bent or inclined slightly oi'itwards.

Upon the inner face ofeach arm adjacent such end are formed upwardly and inwardly directed barbs, 11 the barbs being disposed directlyopposite each othenas shown.

:By reasonof the above described inclination of the arm ends, the arms will move away from each other when brought into contact with a body in the well and will pass upon opposite sides thereof until the barbs are disposed beneath the .body, whereupon the arms will be free to move towards each other and clamp the body therebotween, the body resting in such position upon the barbs as will be understood.

he ends of the arms are pointed so as to permit themto penetrate the mud or clay at the bottom of the well while the barbs in like manner may be embedded in the body to be removed when the body is in the nature of a wooden block,pole, or bucket.

The invention also contem lates the .provision of means for retainin t 1e sleeve in adjusted position upon the po e inorder to dispose it at a greater distance from the ointed end ofthe latter. To this end the .po e has a longitudinal slot 12 formed therethrough, and the sleeve sections are provided with uper and lower alining perforations which register withthe slot andaredesigned .to receive bolts 14, the .pole being headed :at-oneend in the usual manner and threaded at the o posite end, the last-mentioned end ofeach bolt carrying a nut 15 which is adapted to be tightened against the adjacent sleeve sections. 4

By reason of the adjustable dis ostion of the sleeve it is' possible to set the atter sufficiently far above the pointed'end of the pole to render such end operative, or, in other words, to enablethe pole point to be forced into a body en aged by the'arms.

The modified form of sleeve shown in Fi 3 likewise comprises a pair of sections 16 eac ofwhich has its pointed upper end 17' bent outwardly away from the pole, the-lower edge Patented April 21, 1908.

of said ends being sharpened so, as to form a 1 blade. This sleeve is used for the purpose of cho ping or breaking up the clay or mud at the ottom of the wel prior to the removal of the rubbish therefrom by means of the While the slceve, in each instance, isformedof two entirely separate sections, it is to be pole, of a sleeve carried by the pole, said therefore intended to cover eitner construcpole having a pointed lower end, of a sleeve arms extending below said pointed end, eacharm having a barb rormed on its inner face at its inner end, said sleeve being provided with ingits lower end inclined outwardly.

understood that such construction is not I essential, as the sleeve may be provided with l only a single slot which extends therethrough from end to end. The term split sleeve is tion.

What is claimed is 1. In a grapple, the combination with a sleve being provided with a pair of oppositely-disposed spring arms extending below the lowerend ot the pole and having their free ends inclined outwardly, away from each other, said arms being formed integral with the sleeve.

2. In a grapple, the Combination, with a slidably inbunted upon the pole and provided with a pair of oppositely-disposed depending j the lower end thereof, and means for retaining the sleeve in adjusted position with respect to the pointed end or the pole.

. 3 In,a grapple, the combination;with a pole, of a sleeve carried by the pole adjacent 55in a grapple, the combination, with a pole, of a split spring sleeve carried by the pole adjacent its lower end and provided with a pair of diametrically opposite depending arms, each provided on its inner face adj acent its lower'end with an upwardly inclined barb, said arms being formed integral with said sleeve.

6. In a grapple, the combination with a pole having a pointed lower end, of a sleeve carried by the pole and provided with a pair of diametrically opposite spring arm's extending below said pointed pole end, each arm having an n wardly extending barb formed on its inner ace, said sleeve being adjustable bodily upon the pole to move said barbs to wards and from the pointed end of the pole.

7. in a grapple, the combination with a pole having a pointed lower end, of a split spring sleeve carried by the pole and adjustable thereon bodily towards and from said pointed end, a pair otdiametrically opposite members formed integral with said sleeve, and means for retaining said sleeve in ad justed position upon the pole.

In a grapple, the combination with a pole, having a pointed end and provided with a longitudinal. slot adjacent said end, of a sleeve carried by-said pole and having alining perforations formedtherethrough, said sleeve including a pair of oppositely disposed depending spring arnis having their lower'ends bent outwardly away from each other, and boltsextending through said perforations and said slot to retain the sleeve in adjusted position with respect to the pointed end of the pole.

9. In a grapple, the combination, with a pole, having a pointed end and provided with a longitudinal slot adjacent said end, of a split spring sleeve carried by said pole, each section of the sleeve being perforated and provided with a depending arm having its lower end bent outwardly, and bolts extending through the perforations in said sections and through said slot, for retaining the sleeve in adjusted position with respect to the pointed end of the pole in testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence oi two witnesses.

EDW'ARD D. COOGAN. "Nitnesses T. E. RiLEY, O. M. WATSON 

